“It’s twice 500 there, can you handle it?” Fraudsters want to make money

The fraudsters’ requests are various: for medicines, a lost wallet, a technical break at the bank, lack of money to return home and for food. The fraudsters explain that they are short of money at the moment, but as soon as they return home, they will return the funds immediately and on the same day. However, it is worth contacting in person or, preferably, meeting with a friend who asks us for help in this way.

Lubin police officers received another report of BLIK fraud. The resident informed the officers that someone had hacked into his friend’s social media account and then, pretending to be her, contacted her via messenger and asked for a quick loan. The money was to be transferred using the BLIK method.

Another resident found herself in a similar situation – she donated BLIK, thinking she was helping her aunt.

The BLIK fraud method consists in the fact that after hacking into an account on a social networking site, the criminal asks friends of the owner’s account to share the code. When logging in to their bank, a person must generate a phone payment code in the application and then send it to a friend. Unfortunately, unlike payment by transfer, this cannot be undone. The fraudster enters the provided BLIK code into the ATM and withdraws funds from it. The account holder always has to confirm the transaction, but he or she does so in the belief that he or she is helping family or friends.